Queen Elizabeth II enters before addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth waits to address the United Nations General Assembly.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II waits before addressing the United Nations General Assembly. The 84-year-old monarch last came to New York in 1976 and her UN appearance will be the first since she spoke there in 1957, four years after being crowned.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York City.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II signing the vistor's book after she addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations.

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Queen Elizabeth II carries a bouquet of flowers during her visit to Ground Zero at the World Trade Center site.

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Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pay tribute to the victims of the 9/11 attacks during a visit to Ground Zero.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is greeted during her visit to the British Garden at Hanover Square in New York. Before coming to New York, the queen visited Canada, where she celebrated Canada Day on Thursday and on Saturday dedicated the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg after dodging bad weather over the weekend.

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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, prepare to leave after touring the British Garden at Hanover Square with Mayor Michael Bloomberg in New York.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth smiles after opening the British Memorial Garden at Hanover Square in lower Manhattan, dedicated to the 67 British victims of 9/11. Amazingly, she never appeared to perspire in the 103-degree heat.